"Motherhood Is Supposed To Be Hard" Carrie Gress | Speeches By Moms

The Speech Guys

The Speech Guys do their best to stay out of the mansplaining zone for Episode #27 as they discuss a speech given by Dr. Carrie Gress at the Family Institute of Washington. The speech was based upon her book entitled, "Ultimate Makeover: The Transforming Power of Motherhood", A few Speech Guy nuggets to sip and think on this episode: "This is what my parents felt." --Matt "You're in this water without realizing what it is. Apply this to being in mom-water." --Mike "I think motherhood requires a lot of the same muscles as religious faith. It can be awkward at times. Goofy-feeling. But, also meaningful and special. But we all know we can't just invest in religion when it feels good and right, just like with being a mom... or parent." --Mike "What are the things in our lives that are so present that we see through it?" --Matt "Clare's experience of parenting is just so different from mine. And it's not accidental. I feel like it's very much tied to her being a mom." --Matt "Most Christians believe there is some kind of connection between sex, marriage, and family. and the modern world has kind of deviated from that." --Matt Post-credits scene... Mike tries his hand at speech-giving... a back-up best man speech for Stephen and Teagan Barany's June 25th wedding